Both of my boys have had excellent experiences at Orlando School of Rock. Wes and the team work hard to run a great program and did a great job matching our kids to the right instructors for them. They participated in everything from the week-long summer day camps, to show season programs, to house band. The staff encourages all kids to stretch and try new things to fully explore and grow their musical ability. In particular, putting on and performing shows at real venues throughout Orlando gives kids a “real world” band experience that can’t be duplicated in other private lesson programs. Our time at School of Rock has helped to round our kids out as musicians and also helped strengthen their love of music and embrace it as a viable career option.
I Love ALL my schools!!
Staff super nice and helpful ! Daughter improve a lot and always enjoy her classes ! The concerts are great experience too ! Thank you
My son spent a month at the academy and it was one of the worst experiences we could have. My son attended classes on Wednesdays and on Saturdays. On Saturdays they rehearsed for the band. the last two weeks the teacher “Nick” did not want to teach him because he would not continue and he told my son who is only 16 years old that he was not wasting his time with him if he was not going to continue. If I pay for a whole month of classes, I have the right to demand all the classes during that month. Stay away if you don’t want to waste your time and money.
I was a student at this school. Absolutely horrible school the service is terrible, specifically the band director Nick is awful he doesn’t how to talk to students. For example, because I wasn’t going to continue on the band program he told me not to come back the next week that I had already paid for because I was wasting everyone’s time. I had already paid for the classes and had the right to participate. This is just unacceptable service. Don’t come here to waste your time and money
Terrible school. Would give 0 stars if I could. They only care about money and couldn’t care less about your kids or you. They don’t teach how to learn to read notes or how to play the actual instrument. They make you memorize the keys to hit. For example; “hit 4th key twice then 6th key once” that is NOT teaching. A piano book does not say “4th key twice and 7th key once” a piano book has sheet music with notes, in which the students should be learning, so when they go out to learn their own songs they can read the music. They should learn notes, what each symbol in sheet music means and most importantly, HOW to play the songs and not memorize them. Maybe other schools of rock don’t have this issue but I would not recommend going here. Waste of time and money.
School of Rock North Palm Beach
Address: 11650 US-1, North Palm Beach, FL 33408 , Williston Highlands , Florida , United States
We could not be more thrilled with what SoR has provided us. We just moved to the area & were desperately searching for an activity our son would love. We signed him up for a guitar class at school & immediately recognized his talent. Wes was incredibly helpful & patient. He never provided any pressure & gave us an opportunity to test out the school. Our son did a trial session w/ Ron and he couldn’t stop raving about how much he enjoyed everything about it, especially, Ron. In addition to the one-on-one session, we signed up for the shows. We never imagined it would’ve been as good as it turned out to be. He has become friends with everyone at SoR. We are proud to say that our son has improved greatly. His personality has changed for the positive, since enrolling in the SoR. Thanks to Wes, Ron, Adam, the students, and everyone else who makes the SoR the place it is. We highly recommend SoR to anyone who has any inkling of a desire to play music.
My nephew has been attending SoR for guitar lessons for about 6 months – in that time he has not only learned to play guitar and is slowly building the fundamentals of music, but being a part of this community has provided him an opportunity to practice better social, relational and team-work skills. This combination has helped build his confidence which shows in many areas of his life, not just when playing the guitar. I love that SoR instills in him the desire to learn and excel.
I like how my son is advancing in his instrument and how he gets to express his interest in music. The instructor will allow him to learn and play it. I like the feedback I receive after each lesson. I like that each classroom has cameras and there is also a camera and screen in the waiting area so we can see our children
Great communication Wes handled a situation for me and we are very satisfied.
